Orania fusulus

Orania fusulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Orania
Species:	O. fusulus
Binomial name
Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Coralliophila (Coralliophila) spadae Libassi, I., 1859 Murex fusulus Brocchi, 1814 Murex pyrrhias Watson, 1883 Murex spadae tiberiana Brusina, S., 1871 Muricopsis angolensis (Odhner, 1922) Ocenebra angolensis Odhner, 1922 Orania angolensis Odhner, N.H.J., 1922 Orania spadae elongatus Pallary, P. in Settepassi, F., 1977 Orania spadae major Pallary, P., 1900 Orania spadae minor Pallary, P., 1900 Orania spadae obesa Pallary, P., 1900 Orania spadae robustus Settepassi, F., 1977 Pollia fusulus (Brocchi, 1814) Pollia fusulus major Locard, 1897 Pseudomurex spadae elongatus Pallary, 1900 in Settepassi, 1977 Pseudomurex spadae major Pallary, 1900 Pseudomurex spadae minor Pallary, 1900 Pseudomurex spadae obesa Pallary, 1900 Pseudomurex spadae robustus Settepassi, 1977

Orania fusulus, common name : the Spindle Dwarf Triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[2]

Description

The shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in Western European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola and Brazil.

References

1. Brocchi G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subappenninica con osservazioni geologiche sugli Appennini e sul suolo adiacente. Milano Vol. I: pp. LXXX + 56 + 240; Vol. II, p. 241-712, pl. 1-16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
2. Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 December 2010.

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Sabelli B. & Tommasini S. (1983). Contributo alla conoscenza sistematica di "Murex" fusulus Brocchi, 1814. Bollettino Malacologico 19 (1-4): 1-12
• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp

External links

• Gastropods.com : Orania fusulus; accessed ; 28 December 2010